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From: eric@osiris.UUCP (Eric Bergan)
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Subject: Re: AT&T 7300 continued...
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Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 08:16:12 EST
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> Lastly, keep in mind this assessment was based on about an hour
> of messing around without reading the manuals.  But since I learned
> to use my Mac without reading anything (and knowing how to use Unix!),
> I sort of expect Window Systems to be that simple.  If I were to use
> it longer, I suspect I would get used to its quirks and come to like it.
> But you better have a BIG desk if you want to make it a desktop!

	I also learned to use the system without the manuals (we got it
before they were out), and didn't have any real problems (although there
are a lot of shortcuts documented in the manuals). As for the size, I
do have it on my desk (a rather small desk, at that), and don't really
have a problem. It's footprint is about the size of any standard terminal
these days. It is larger than a Mac, but then, the screen is also larger.
The keyboard has many more useable keys than a Mac. And there are also
expansion slots in the machine for future enhancements. It remains to be
seen how much third party development of hardware will be done for the
machine (although an Ethernet controller would be a logical addition).

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					eric
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